bare rock
Uncovered natural stone
Bare rock is exposed stone with no soil, vegetation, or other covering.
The term appears in geology, ecology, and landscape description: The glacier retreated, leaving bare rock behind.
Bare rock surfaces are among the first environments colonized by lichens and mosses in ecological succession.
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- exposedOut in open
- cliffVertical rock wall
bedrock · solid ground · weathered · lichen · crag · mountain peak · boulder · mountainside · erosion · rugged · barren · ledge · slab · quarry · scree · mineral · harsh · windswept
- land covergrassland, woodland, shrubland, scrubland, cropland
- barrensbadlands, wasteland, dust bowl, salt flat, salt flats
- erosion landformsbutte, mesa, arch, valley, gorge
- successionheir apparent, heir presumptive, line of succession, primogeniture, successor
bare rocktopsoil
Nutrient-rich surface earth
loam · humus · sediment · ice sheet · leaf litter
bare rockfertile ground
Soil suited for growth
arable land · farmland · garden bed · verdant landscape · oasis
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